EURADAEuropean Association of Development Agencies

• a not-for profit organisation, set-up in 1991, which today counts 150 members in EU & Candidate Countries

• an independent organisation, financed directly by the subscriptions of its members.

• it represents the interests of all organisations that work with public sector participation to implement programmes for regional economic development in the European Union.

EURADA

7 key missions

• lobbying and fostering a group dialogue with the EU Administration

• exchanging experience via conferences and publications

• promoting transnational projects

• promoting the concept of RDA

• assessing and disseminating new tools in economic development and RDA management

• serving the members

• facilitating the integration of members from new member States.

Missions and objectives

• Organisation of world and European conferences

• Organisation of dialogue days with the EU Administration

• Organisation of thematic workshops

• Publication of newsletters

• Publication of papers and documents

• Management of or involvement in transnational projects

• Representation in EU working committees

• Delivery of speeches in conferences and seminars

Clusters of activities

Dissemination tools

o Conferences• AGORADA• European congress of CEEC RDAs • WIC La Baule (target: FDI Agencies)• Madeira World Forum on Regional Economic • development

o Newsletters • EURADA News • e-Reminder• e-Project Dissemination

Stable Products New Concepts• Eurada-News• Barometer• Agorada• EU Policy Update• Position papers• Lobbying the EU Commission• Matching platform for projects

• Madeira World Forum• Magazine• e-Newsletters• Round Table of Practioners in Economic

Dev.• Dissemination of new ideas

Opportunities Questions• Partnership with IEDC, EDAC, CADZ• PPP Conference• WIC La Baule partnership• Partnership in projects

• Leadership of projects (financial impact)• EBAN Secretariat

Portfolio of activities

Dialogue

EU Administration EURADA Members

Networking Partnership

Intelligence

Brokerage

Advocacy

Funding

Legislation

Search for funding

Impact on legislation

Working methodology

• links with sister organisations in the US and Canada through INED (International Network for Economic Developers), of which EURADA is a founder member (www.ined.org)

• partnership with CADZ (China Association of Development Zones (www.cadz.org.cn/en/) and Shanghai Minlian Lingang United Development Co.Ltd (www.smduc.com/en/index.htm)

• cooperation with SMRJ (Organisation for SMEs and Regional Innovation, Japan – (www.smrj.go.jp/utility/english/index.html) and the Development Bank of Japan (www.dbj.go.jp/english)

Cooperation outside Europe

EURADA & EU fundings

• EBAN• FinNetSME• Fit for Europe• Innovation Coach• Benchmarking• EURODITE• Take it up• RegCEP• EU Drivers• …

Topic

ERDFConvergence

ERDFGrowth andEmployment

ERDFTerritorial

CooperationESF CIP EAFRD EFF FP7

Accessto finance

Article 4.1 Article 5.1 d Article 6.2 a Article 11Article 17.2

Article 18Article 19Article 20

RSFF (*)Capacities

Networksand clustering

Article 4.1 Article 5.1 aArticle 5.1 b

Article 6.2 a Article 3.1 d ii

Article 12 Capacities

Supply of SME support services

Article 4.1Article 4.2Article 4.4

Article 5.1 bArticle 5.3 b

Article 12 Article 21

CapacitiesSME support action

Entrepreneurship Article 4.1 Article 5.1 c Article 6.1. a Article 3.1 a i

Article 10Article 15

Article 49 a

Support to innovation Article 4.1 Article 5.1Article 5.1

Article 6.2 a Article 3.1 d i

Article 13Article 14Article 21Article 22

Capacities

R T D Article 4.1 Article 5.1 Article 6.2 a Article 3.2 a iii

Article 37 j Capacities

Human capital Article 4.10 Article 6.1 d Article 3.1 a i

Capacities

Investment Article 3Article 4.2

Article 3 Article 28 Article 49 a Article 34 Capacities

(*) Risk Sharing Financial Facility through EIB loans

2007-2013 Community Support at a glance

Lobbying

• Cohesion Policy post 2013• SMEs and Regions• Added value support services• New tools to transfer best practices• EU 2020 Strategy• Eco-Innovation• …

EURADA disseminating new knowledge

• Benchmarking• Proof of concept• Investment readiness• Role of universities in economic development• Intellectual Property Centres• No wrong door• Added value support services

• Innovation in the service sector• SMEs and Regions• All money is not the same• Regions, RDAs and Research• Post clusters• Brain power

EURADA capitalizing ideas

• to the point, easy and ready to use information

• networking opportunities including with non EU organisations

• dialogue between RDAs and with EU representatives

• scanning new ideas in economic development

• keep record of project conclusions.

EURADA's business model aims to create and provide added value both to its members and to EU departments with whom relationships have been developed. The main added values are in the form of:

Conclusion

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